Translator: Henyee Translations  Editor: Henyee Translations

Food was very important!

Food shortages could put the entire exploration team into a desperate situation. Even just the pressure of a food shortage could cause panic and turmoil in the entire team.

After Aupin discussed with Palebeard, he came to Violette’s tent alone.

The conditions of this tent was second only to Aupin’s.

There were no guards outside the tent.

Aupin wanted to arrange some manpower to guard Violette, but Violette made it clear that she did not need it.

She had her own defensive strategies.

Violette had been resting for a long time after she made medicines for the entire team. The workload was too much and the procedures were troublesome, so she was completely exhausted.

Aupin was pacing outside the tent. Although the problem was serious, Aupin did not want to disturb Violette.

I’ll just let her rest.

While Aupin was thinking this, Violette, who was sleeping in the dim tent, twitched her nose, then slowly opened her eyes.

“Sir, is that you?” Violette’s voice came from inside the tent.

Aupin turned around and wanted to leave. After hearing this voice, he immediately turned around and said, “It’s me… There are some things that I need to discuss with you.”

A rustling sound was heard coming from inside the tent and soon after Aupin saw Violette open the tent curtain and greet him. She was neatly dressed.

“Sir, please come in,” Violette welcomed Aupin inside the tent.

Aupin briefly expressed his reason for coming.

Violette shook her head. “I’m sorry, I’m going to let you down.

“Although your method is feasible, if I wanted to make the corresponding medicine, I need a key material.

“And I have almost used up this material, only a little bit is left for emergencies.”

“What kind of material? Can you find it here?” Aupin did not want to give up.

Violette shook her head and looked distressed. “Perhaps this material grows somewhere on this island, but I haven’t found any.

“Furthermore, even with such materials, producing enough potions to use on the goat flock is not worth the trouble. Because if we do this, we will expose the secrets of the grass.”

The medicine would cleanse the goat flock of the chaotic magical powers in their bodies, and others would understand the truth that the goats were also victims.

And the true source of the magical power, the grass, would be exposed.

The grass here was a magical plant and it was much easier to carry and transport than goats.

“I have already told Palebeard this secret,” Aupin assured her.

Violette was taken aback for a moment, she then understood. “Sir, that was the correct decision. Palebeard is indeed a rare talent.

“He may have discovered this secret long ago, but he did not reveal it, which proves that he is quite wise.

“Perhaps, he didn’t discover this secret, but if you confess such a big secret, he will definitely realize the sincerity of your desire to treat him well.

“Congratulations sir, for recruiting such an excellent consultant.”

Aupin shook his head and told Violette the rest of the story.

Violette was quite surprised. “Is there such a battle spirit?”

She immediately frowned, her tone a little worried, “Sir, if he easily reveals this kind of battle spirit, the value of it may not be high.

“Palebeard himself is a scholar, not a beast trainer. The most important thing is that he does not possess supernatural powers.

“If the value of this battle spirit is high, he can definitely receive more benefits from other nobles.”

But Aupin held a different opinion on this. “Palebeard is not a person who doesn’t know the value of things. He is astute. He understands the value of this grass, so the battle spirit he gave in return is at least equivalent in value.

“This is his bargaining chip to keep his freedom and reject my offer. Because of this, I value him even more.”

Having said that, Aupin smiled slightly.

Aupin asked Violette again about the food shortage.

Violette didn’t have any good ideas either, she just said, “This island is huge, full of dangers, but also rich in resources. We can only walk around and look for opportunities. Maybe we can find better food than the flock of goats. Also, we set up a few camps along our path, so some supplies are kept in these camps. If we can find these supplies, we can alleviate the problem of a food shortage.”

Aupin nodded, preparing to leave slightly disappointed.

He lifted the tent curtain, but there was a hesitation on Aupin’s face. He suddenly turned his head around and asked, “Violette, did you keep the blood of the Monkey Tailed Brown Bear?”

Even though Aupin was asking, he didn’t have much hope.

The blood of the Monkey Tailed Brown Bear contained magical power and was a kind of magical material. But the magic in the blood would quickly dissipate over time. It was not easy to preserve, and the cost of preservation was high.

But Violette’s response surprised Aupin.

She really did have some brown bear blood.

“Please give it to me,” Aupin said.

Violette didn’t ask any questions, as she opened the small leather pouch on her waist and handed a few glass bottles to Aupin.

Aupin held the bottles containing the brown bear blood and left Violette’s tent.

He was the strongest person in the entire team.

There was a food shortage and almost everyone was greatly weakened from taking the medicine.

Aupin had never been able to activate battle aura. Under these circumstances, the ability of both hands transforming into sharp claws had become Aupin’s strongest technique.

According to my hypothesis, I can replenish the corresponding magical power in my body by drinking this brown bear blood. It is possible to replicate the mutation! Aupin thought as he clenched the glass bottles in his hand.

His eyes were sharp, he said to himself, “Of course, I won’t drink this blood unless it is a last resort.”

The chaotic magical power would erode his body and reduce his potential.

But just like what the Centum’pin Patriarch said in his memory: don’t be afraid of risk, don’t be afraid of sacrifice!

In the early morning.

A white mist lingered between the towering trees.

Green moss and various bright-colored mushrooms covered the forest.

A brown fawn was looking for food in the forest.

It was interested in a bush, and as it was about to approach the bush, suddenly a series of noises came from the bush.

Tap tap tap…

The fawn was frightened, it turned around and quickly left like lightning.

A few moments later, the tapping sound grew louder. This time it was mixed with people shouting.

“Chase!”

“Don’t let these flying squirrels run away.”

“Use a crossbow, quickly use a crossbow.”

The shouts became louder and louder, then three flying squirrels squeaked and flew over the bushes.

The people behind them were blocked by the bushes and had to slow down. They watched the flying squirrels disappear into the jungle.

“What a pity!”

“Sigh, we didn’t catch them.”

The leaders of the hunting group were Blueteres and Yellowteres.

Yellowteres looked determined and wanted to keep chasing, but was stopped by Blueteres. “Have you forgotten Aupin’s orders? Don’t leave the team, we are already far away from Aupin.”

“I just want to get more food. This flying squirrel is big, juicy and fat.” Yellowteres sighed.

There was not much food left in the exploration team, this invisible huge pressure was in everyone’s heart.

But Yellowteres remembered Aupin’s orders and could only give up after gritting his teeth.

When the hunters returned to the team, they saw that Whitesprout and others had begun to process the flying squirrel corpses, peeling, cutting, washing, then grilling them.

More than ten days had passed and Violette had prepared enough potions to cure the magic erosion of the exploration team members. After resting for a few days, Aupin began to lead everyone on a new journey.

This team had gone through a poison outbreak, so almost everyone’s strength and combat effectiveness had declined by a bit, but they bonded during the suffering and became closer than before.

During the following journey, they encountered dangers one after another. When Aupin stepped forward, they united themselves and fought against the invading monsters.

“I’m sorry, Aupin, we only killed two flying squirrels,” Yellowteres walked up to Aupin and reported in shame.

Aupin nodded and ordered, “Let Whitesprout and the others process the corpses.”

Not everyone was proficient in dealing with animal corpses.

Whitesprout, the son of hunters, had received this kind of training since his childhood and was familiar with it.

The goat meat poisoning incident made this young man stand out. He received the nickname Lucky Boy, nearly the entire exploration team had been taken care of by him. He was diligent, enthusiastic and innocent, making him rise to popularity.

Yellowteres carried two flying squirrels and walked next to Whitesprout.

Whitesprout was dealing with the flying squirrels. Using his knife, he skinned and cleaned the flying squirrel’s internal organs. At this moment he was trying to cut a flying squirrel’s neck.

After several cuts, the neck bone was still not completely broken.

“Hey, Lucky Boy, use this.” Yellowteres smiled and handed Whitesprout a knife.

At first glance, this knife looked of poor quality. The handle was made from rough wood, the blade was inserted in the handle, and hemp rope was used to fix the blade in place. However, the blade was lightning sharp, fierce, and iron-like; it was one of the legs of the blade spider.

This weapon belonged to Aupin, but after the poisoning incident, the entire exploration team’s combat power declined. In order to increase combat power as much as possible, Aupin selectively lent out some blade weapons to subordinates to use.

Whitesprout took the knife, it was his first time using it.

His first impression was that the knife was light, not as heavy as expected.

Whitesprout pinned the flying squirrel’s neck with the knife and suddenly a cold light flashed across his eyes, the flying squirrel’s neck was broken into two pieces.

Whitesprout immediately showed a touch of surprise. Cutting the bones before felt like cutting iron. After chopping several times, his hands felt numb, and the bones were still intact. With this knife now, it felt like cutting warm butter.

“This is amazing!” Whitesprout looked at the knife and exclaimed sincerely.

“Of course, this is from a Silver-rank monster after all.” Yellowteres laughed.

Whitesprout shook his head. “No, I mean Aupin. That Silver-rank blade spider must have been terrifying. But he defeated it, he deserves to be a Templar!”

Whitesprout showed a face full of worship and admiration.

Yellowteres smiled and agreed, “Yes, we are lucky to have met Aupin. We just encountered a swarm of flying squirrels. Every time Aupin threw a dagger, he hit a squirrel! Most flying squirrels were caught by him!”

“Wait, with this knife, I can deal with the dead body of the flying squirrel leader.” Whitesprout thought of something, with a look of excitement, he ran to another place.

The body of the flying squirrel leader had a Bronze-rank life aura, but this aura was rapidly weakening, soon, it would completely dissipate.

There was a dagger stuck in the eye socket of the flying squirrel leader. This was a fatal injury done by Aupin.

Whitesprout held the blade spider knife tightly. After slowly aligning it to the right position, he cut forcefully and quickly peeled off the fur of the flying squirrel.

The skin of the flying squirrel leader was very tough, it couldn’t be cut with ordinary iron swords.

But it was no match for the blade spider knife.

“Huh?” The abdomen of the flying squirrel leader was cut open by Whitesprout, but his hand suddenly stopped.

“What’s wrong?” Yellowteres asked.

Whitesprout said, “The meat of this flying squirrel leader seems to be different from other flying squirrels.”

Yellowteres glanced at it. “It doesn’t look different.”

“No.” Whitesprout had a serious expression. He first gave the knife back to Yellowteres, then squatted on the ground and fumbled around with the internal organs and bones of the flying squirrel leader.

After that, Whitesprout’s tone became more firm than before, “There are indeed many subtle differences. I’d better show this to Palebeard first.”

“Yeah, good idea,” Yellowteres agreed.